Proof that Indians were here first

First Americans arrived as 2 separate migrations, according to new genetic evidenceThe first people to arrive in America traveled as at least two separate groups to arrive in their new home at about the same time, according to new genetic evidence published online on January 8th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. After the Last Glacial Maximum some 15,000 to 17,000 years ago, one group entered North America from Beringia following the ice-free Pacific coastline, while another traversed an open land corridor between two ice sheets to arrive directly into the region east of the Rocky Mountains. (Beringia is the landmass that connected northeast Siberia to Alaska during the last ice age.) Those first Americans later gave rise to almost all modern Native American groups of North, Central, and South America, with the important exceptions of the Na-Dene and the Eskimos-Aleuts of northern North America, the researchers said.

"Recent data based on archeological evidence and environmental records suggest that humans entered the Americas from Beringia as early as 15,000 years ago, and the dispersal occurred along the deglaciated Pacific coastline," said Antonio Torroni of Università di Pavia, Italy. "Our study now reveals a novel alternative scenario: Two almost concomitant paths of migration, both from Beringia about 15,000 to 17,000 years ago, led to the dispersal of Paleo-Indians—the first Americans."

Such a dual origin for Paleo-Indians has major implications for all disciplines involved in Native American studies, he said. For instance, it implies that there is no compelling reason to presume that a single language family was carried along with the first migrants.Comment:  Not only does this finding have major implications for Native studies, it also has implications for Native politics. In particular, it demolishes every claim that Kennewick Man or other remains or artifacts prove that non-Indians were here first.

All these remains and artifacts come from the years 12,000-9,000 BCE, when the Paleo-Indians supposedly arrived. Many people have surmised that the Paleo-Indians arrived much earlier than that, and now we have solid evidence.

If any non-Indians came to the Americas before Columbus, it's totally irrelevant. The Paleo-Indians predated them by several thousand years, at least.

For more on the science behind this discovery, see Whence the First Americans?

Below:  "I need your help to retain my place of primacy, Number One."

"You want me to locate an Anglo ancestor on this continent who's older than 17,000 BCE, sir?"

"Yes. Make it so."